Halbrite | |
Official Name: | Village of Halbrite |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Saskatchewan#Canada |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Halbrite in Saskatchewan |
Coordinates: | 49.488°N -103.558°W |
Pushpin Label Position: | none |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 200 |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Canada |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Type2: | Region |
Subdivision Name2: | Southeast |
Subdivision Type3: | Census division |
Subdivision Type4: | Rural Municipality |
Government Type: | Municipal |
Leader Title: | Governing body |
Leader Name: | Halbrite Village Council |
Leader Title1: | Mayor |
Leader Name1: | Palmer Bruce |
Leader Title2: | Administrator |
Leader Name2: | Aleshia Underwood |
Leader Title3: | MP |
Leader Name3: | Robert Kitchen |
Leader Title4: | MLA |
Leader Name4: | Dan D'Autremont |
Established Title: | Post office Founded |
Established Title2: | Incorporated (Village) |
Established Title3: | Incorporated (Town) |
Area Total Km2: | 1.20 |
Population As Of: | 2016 |
Population Total: | 119 |
Population Density Km2: | 99.3 |
Population Blank1 Title: | National Population Rank (Out of 5,008) |
Timezone: | CST |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | S0C 1H0 |
Area Code: | 306 |
Blank Name: | Highways |
Blank Info: | |
Blank1 Name: | Railways |
Blank1 Info: | Canadian Pacific Railway |
Halbrite (2016 population:) is a village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within the Rural Municipality of Cymri No. 36 and Census Division No. 2. The village is located approximately 20 kilometres south-east of the city of Weyburn on Highway 39 at the intersections of Highway 606 and 705.
Halbrite gets its name from three engineers who, at the time, worked with the Canadian Pacific Railway. Each contributed parts of their last names to make up the community's name: Hall, Bruce, and White.[1]
During the Second World War the Royal Canadian Air Force constructed a Relief Landing Field for RCAF Station Weyburn approximately 2 miles south of the village.[2]
Halbrite incorporated as a village on February 26, 1904.[3]
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Halbrite had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 1.1km2, it had a population density of in 2021.[4]
In the 2016 Census of Population, the Village of Halbrite recorded a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of . With a land area of 1.2km2, it had a population density of in 2016.[5]